The Westfield News
Posts By Allison Mitchell
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795HealthColorectal cancer is the 2nd deadliest in the US
Even though it is the last day of March, I thought this was an important topic to write about this month. March...
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March is National Nutrition Month
March is only a few days away and that means it will soon be National Nutrition Month. As busy as we all...
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In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan (author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food) makes the argument that the United States has a national...
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Maintaining a healthy diet on Thanksgiving
The holidays can be a difficult time to maintain a healthy diet because most of the parties and social gatherings revolve around...
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806Food/Travel
Going Gluten-Free: Good for Everyone?
The gluten-free diet is the gold standard treatment for celiac disease (an autoimmune enteropathy) that affects about 1 percent of the population....
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961HealthPossible relief of symptoms for irritable bowel syndrome
The low FODMAP diet has been gaining popularity lately for its efficacy in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS is...
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Sugar and your heart
Sugar sweetened beverages and other added sugars have long been associated with weight gain and obesity but newer research is finding that...
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Nutrition Spotlight: Strawberries
It’s strawberry season in California and Florida! In early- to mid-June we’ll be able to pick our own in western Massachusetts! Strawberries...
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Nutrition Spotlight: Avocado
With Cinco de Mayo right around the corner, what better health food to talk about than the avocado? Nicknamed the Alligator Pear,...
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March is National Nutrition Month
In honor of National Nutrition Month, I would like to help celebrate with diet tips from choose MyPlate. Hopefully by now most...
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How to spot and avoid fad diets
New diets are popping up all the time with claims of improved health and quick and easy weight loss. Most of these...
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Warm comfort foods for the cold winter months
It has been an extremely cold winter that seems to just keep dragging on. Comfort foods make us feel good and help...
